Since 1971, a national drug habit survey has been conducted among Swedish ninth graders. From 2004, annual survey are also being conducted among students in the second year of high school.

The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAN) are responsible for the annual survey since 1986. CAN is a non-governmental organization and their main tasks are to follow the drug trends in Sweden and to inform the public and educate professionals on alcohol and other drugs.

The results from the survey are published in a report called “Skolelevers drogvanor” (Alcohol and Drug Use Among Students). CAN also conduct regional and local school surveys upon requests from municipalities and regions.

Purpose:

The aim of the study is primarily to describe the development of drug habits and to study the differences between various groups.

Since 1971, a national drug habit survey has been conducted among Swedish ninth graders. From 2004, annual survey are also being conducted among students in the second year of high school.

The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAN) are responsible for the annual survey since 1986. CAN is a non-governmental organization and their main tasks are to follow the drug trends in Sweden and to inform the public and educate professionals on alcohol and other drugs.

The results from the survey are published in a report called “Skolelevers drogvanor” (Alcohol and Drug Use Among Students). CAN also conduct regional and local school surveys upon requests from municipalities and regions.

Purpose:

The aim of the study is primarily to describe the development of drug habits and to study the differences between various groups.

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Dataset 1

Alcohol and Drug Use Survey - 2007, ninth grade

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs

Description:

The survey in 2007 was answered by 5,302 students in ninth grade (2,752 boys and 2,550 girls), which represented a response rate of 83 % in total. Data from this years survey is electronically accessible.

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire

Time period(s) for data collection:
2007-03
— 2007-05

Data collector:

Source of the data: Population group

Number of individuals/objects:

5302

Response rate/participation rate:

83

Dataset 2

Alcohol and Drug Use Survey - 2007, Upper Secondary School, year 2

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs

Description:

The survey in 2007 was answered by 4,303 students in Upper Secondary School, year 2 (2,046 boys and 2,257 girls), which represented a response rate of 82 % in total. Data from this years survey is electronically accessible.